Austria Determined to Eradicate Anti-semitism, Chancellor Says

December 7, 1965

NEW YORK (Dec. 6)

Austrian Chancellor Josef Klaus, who is now visiting the United States, said here that both major parties in the Austrian Parliament have repudiated anti-Semitism and are determined to eradicate it from public life. He made the statement to a delegation of the World Jewish Congress who had voiced concern over recent anti-Semitic incidents in Austria and particularly over the fact that a number of persons in public positions were guilty of anti-Semitic activities under the Nazi regime. He noted that one of his first acts on assuming leadership of his party was to condemn every manifestation of anti-Semitism.

The WJC delegation included Dr. Maurice L. Perlzweig, director of the organization’s international affairs department; Dr. Gerhart M. Riegner of Geneva, secretary general of the WJC; Monty Jacobs, executive director of the North American executive; and Dr. Natan Lerner of the international affairs department.